diff --git a/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.c b/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.c
index af91ee353665..a71726cc5fc8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.c
+++ b/usr.bin/uniq/uniq.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void
 show(FILE *ofp, wchar_t *str)
 {
 
-	if (cflag && *str)
+	if (cflag)
 		(void)fprintf(ofp, "%4d %ls\n", repeats + 1, str);
 	if ((dflag && repeats) || (uflag && !repeats))
 		(void)fprintf(ofp, "%ls\n", str);